Brazil at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Brazil at the
1972 Summer Olympics

IOC code| BRA
NOC| Brazilian Olympic Committee
Website| www.cob.org.br (in Portuguese)
in Munich
Competitors| 81 (78 men and 3 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer | Luiz Cláudio Menon
Medals
Ranked 41st|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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Brazil competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 81 competitors, 78 men and 3 women, took part in 44 events in 13 sports. Brazil obtained two bronze medals in 1972. Japanese Brazilian judoka Chiaki Ishii won Brazil's first Olympic medal in judo. Triple jumper Nelson Prudêncio won his second medal in men's triple jump.[1]

## Medalists

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Further information: 1972 Summer Olympics medal table

| Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Bronze | Chiaki Ishii | Judo | Men's 93 kg | September 1
Bronze | Nelson Prudêncio | Athletics | Men's triple jump | September 4

| Medals by sport

Sport |  |  |  | Total
Judo | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Athletics | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2

| Medals by gender

Gender |  |  |  | Total
Male  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 2
Female  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Mixed  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men
Track & road events
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Luiz Gonzaga da Silva | 100 m | 10.63  | 5  | Did not advance
200 m | 21.81  | 5  | Did not advance

Field events
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Distance  | Position  | Distance  | Position
Nelson Prudêncio | Triple jump | 16.42  | 7 Q | 17.05  |

## Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

### Preliminary round

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#### Group A

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The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals, while the remaining teams compete for 5th through 16th places in separate brackets.

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Team  | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts  | 1st Tie

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United States | 7 | 0 | 542 | 312 | +230 | 14 |
Cuba | 6 | 1 | 560 | 445 | +115 | 13 |
Brazil | 4 | 3 | 561 | 490 | +71 | 11 | 1W–0L
Czechoslovakia | 4 | 3 | 493 | 489 | +4 | 11 | 0W–1L
Spain | 3 | 4 | 486 | 500 | −14 | 10 | 1W–0L
Australia | 3 | 4 | 523 | 524 | −1 | 10 | 0W–1L
Japan | 1 | 6 | 442 | 643 | −201 | 8 |
Egypt | 0 | 7 | 440 | 644 | −204 | 7 |

August 27
14:30

Japan  | 55–110 |  Brazil

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Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 28
9:00

Brazil  | 110–84 |  Egypt

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Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 29
9:00

Brazil  | 72–69 |  Spain

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Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

August 30
21:30

Brazil  | 54–61 |  United States

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Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 1
21:30

Czechoslovakia  | 82–83 |  Brazil

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Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 2
9:00

Australia  | 75–69 |  Brazil

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Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 3
21:30

Cuba  | 64–63 |  Brazil

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Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

### Classification brackets

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September 7
21:30

Puerto Rico  | 87–83 |  Brazil

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Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

September 7
21:30

Brazil  | 87–69 |  Czechoslovakia

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Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | 1 Round  | 2 Round  | 3 Round  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Deusdete Vasconcelos | Bantamweight | BYE  |  Kim Jong-Ik (PRK)
L 1-4  | Did not advance
Waldemar de Oliveira | Light heavyweight | BYE  |  Nghivav Mehtab Singh (IND)
W 5-0  |  Isaac Ikhouria (NGR)
L 0-5  | Did not advance

## Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Two cyclists represented Brazil in 1972.

### Road

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Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Luiz Carlos Flores | Road race | DNF
Miguel Silva Júnior | DNF

## Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics

### Dressage

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Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Qualification  | Final  | Overall

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank
Sylvio de Rezende | Othelo  | Individual | 1431  | 25  | Did not advance

### Show jumping

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Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Round 1  | Round 2  | Final

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Penalties  | Rank  | Penalties  | Rank  | Total  | Jump-off  | Rank
Antônio Simões | Individual | Bon Soir  | 16.00  | 31  | Did not advance
Nelson Pessoa Filho | Nagir  | 21.00  | 39  | Did not advance

## Football

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Main article: Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

### First round

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#### Group C

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 5
Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4
Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2
Brazil | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1

27 August 1972
12:00

Denmark | 3 – 2|  Brazil

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Simonsen 28' 83'
Røntved 50' | Report | Dirceu 68'
Zé Carlos 69'

Dreiflüssestadion, Passau

Attendance: 10.000

Referee: Pavel Kazakov

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29 August 1972
12:00

Hungary | 2 – 2|  Brazil

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A. Dunai 4'
Juhász 84' | Report | Pedrinho 67'
Dirceu 73'

Olympic Stadium, Munich

Attendance: 50.000

Referee: William Mullan

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31 August 1972
12:00

Iran | 1 – 0|  Brazil

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Halvai 63' | Report |

Jahnstadion, Regensburg

Attendance: 2.200

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg

* Team Roster
* Vitor
* Osmar
* Fred
* Terezo
* Falcão
* Celso
* Pedrinho
* Rubens Galaxe
* Washington
* Roberto Dinamite
* Dirceu
* Nielsen
* Abel Braga
* Wagner
* Bolívar
* Ângelo
* Pintinho
* Zé Carlos
* Manoel

## Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Round 1  | Round 2  | Round 3  | Round 4  | Repechage 1  | Repechage 2  | Repechage 3  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Lhofei Shiozawa | −80 kg | —  |  Tommy Tegelgård (SWE)
W 1000-0000  |  Jean-Paul Coche (FRA)
L 0000-0100  | Did not advance  | 13
Chiaki Ishii | −93 kg |  Mohamed Dione (SEN)
W 1000-0000  |  Juang Jen-Wuh (ROC)
W 1000-0000  |  Pavle Bajčetić (YUG)
W 1000-0000  |  Paul Barth (FRG)
L 0000-0100  | Did not advance  |  Helmut Howiller (GDR)
W 1000-0000  |  David Starbrook (GBR)
W 1000-0000  |
Open | —  | BYE  |  Vitali Kuznetsov (URS)
L 0000-1000  | Did not advance  |  Barry Johnson (AUS)
W 1000-0000  |  Wim Ruska (NED)
L 0000-1000  | Did not advance  | 7

## Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Raúl Bagattini
Érico de Souza | Coxless pair | 7:42.02  | 4 R | 7:42.63  | 3  | Did not advance

## Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Open
Athlete  | Event  | Race  | Final rank

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7
Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank
Claudio Biekarck | Finn | 14  | 20.0  | 13  | 19.0  | 23  | 29.0  | 16  | 22.0  | 10  | 16.0  | ~~DNF~~ | ~~41.0~~ | 3  | 5.7  | 105.7  | 9
Reinaldo Conrad
Burkhard Cordes | Flying Dutchman | 12  | 18.0  | 3  | 5.7  | ~~19~~ | ~~25.0~~ | 9  | 15.0  | 9  | 15.0  | 2  | 3.0  | 3  | 5.7  | 62.4  | 4
Mario Buckup
Peter Ficker | Tempest | ~~19~~ | ~~25.0~~ | 3  | 5.7  | 7  | 13.0  | 7  | 13.0  | 16  | 22.0  | 5  | 10.0  | 5  | 10.0  | 73.7  | 7
Jörg Bruder
Jan Willem Aten | Star | 6  | 11.7  | ~~16.0~~ | ~~8~~ | 10  | 14.0  | 5  | 10.0  | 1  | 0.0  | 2  | 3.0  | 8  | 14.0  | 52.7  | 4
Erik Schmidt
Axel Schmidt
Patrick Mascarenhas | Soling | 5  | 10.0  | 9  | 15.0  | 4  | 8.0  | 14  | 20.0  | 6  | 11.7  | ~~17~~ | ~~23.0~~ | —  | 64.7  | 6

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Four male shooters represented Brazil in 1972.

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Score  | Rank
Durval Guimarães | 50 m pistol | 534  | 46
Túlio Miraglia | Trap | 171  | 46
Marcos José Olsen | 191  | 8
Bertino de Souza | 50 m pistol | 539  | 36

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
José Aranha | 100 metre freestyle | 54.06  | 3 Q | 53.47  | 5  | Did not advance
Rômulo Arantes | 100 metre backstroke | 1:03.18  | 4  | Did not advance
200 metre backstroke | 2:18.15  | 6  | Did not advance
Antônio Azevedo | 200 metre medley | 2:19.41  | 4  | Did not advance
400 metre medley | 4:57.27  | 6  | Did not advance
José Fiolo | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:06.23  | 2 Q | 1:05.99  | 2 Q | 1:06.24  | 6
200 metre breaststroke | 2:30.21  | 3  | Did not advance
Alfredo Machado | 200 metre freestyle | 2:00.14  | 5  | Did not advance
400 metre freestyle | 4:18.05  | 5  | Did not advance
1500 metre freestyle | 17:20.34  | 6  | Did not advance
Ruy de Oliveira | 100 metre freestyle | 54.26  | 1  | Did not advance
200 metre freestyle | 2:00.48  | 4  | Did not advance
Sérgio Waismann | 100 metre butterfly | 58.37  | 3 Q | 58.07  | 6  | Did not advance
Paulo Zanetti | 100 metre freestyle | 54.97  | 4  | Did not advance
Ruy de Oliveira
Paulo Zanetti
Paulo Becskehazy
José Aranha | 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | 3:35.84  | 4 Q | —  | 3:33.14  | 4
Alfredo Machado
Ruy de Oliveira
Paulo Zanetti
José Aranha | 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | 8:17.91  | 6  | Did not advance
Rômulo Arantes Filho
José Sylvio Fiolo
Sérgio Waismann
José Aranha | 4 × 100 metre medley relay | 3:58.56  | 3 Q | —  | 3:57.89  | 5

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Lucy Burle | 100 metre freestyle | 1:03.12  | 6  | Did not advance
200 metre freestyle | 2:18.57  | 6  | Did not advance
Maria Isabel Guerra | 100 metre butterfly | 2:32.60  | 7  | Did not advance
200 metre medley | 2:32.95  | 6  | Did not advance
400 metre medley | 5:24.43  | 4  | Did not advance
Cristina Teixeira | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:20.58  | 7  | Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke | 2:57.03  | DSQ  | Did not advance

## Volleyball

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Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

### Preliminary round

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Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Pool B
Pos | Team

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1  |  Japan | 5  | 5  | 0  | 10  | 15  | 0  | MAX  | 225  | 95  | 2.368  | Semifinals
2  |  East Germany | 5  | 4  | 1  | 9  | 12  | 4  | 3.000  | 200  | 162  | 1.235
3  |  Romania | 5  | 2  | 3  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 0.889  | 201  | 213  | 0.944  | 5th–8th semifinals
4  |  Brazil | 5  | 2  | 3  | 7  | 9  | 13  | 0.692  | 273  | 280  | 0.975
5  |  Cuba | 5  | 2  | 3  | 7  | 6  | 13  | 0.462  | 212  | 254  | 0.835  | 9th place match
6  |  West Germany | 5  | 0  | 5  | 5  | 4  | 15  | 0.267  | 163  | 270  | 0.604  | 11th place match

Source: [citation needed]

Date  |  | Score  |  | Set 1  | Set 2  | Set 3  | Set 4  | Set 5  | Total

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28 Aug  | Brazil  | 3–2 |  West Germany | 15–7  | 15–8  | 17–19  | 6–15  | 15–9  | 68–58
30 Aug  | East Germany  | 3–1 |  Brazil | 15–5  | 7–15  | 16–14  | 15–10  |   | 53–44
01 Sep  | Brazil  | 3–2 |  Romania | 18–16  | 11–15  | 15–7  | 11–15  | 15–12  | 70–65
03 Sep  | Japan  | 3–0 |  Brazil | 15–7  | 15–13  | 15–11  |   |   | 45–31
06 Sep  | Cuba  | 3–2 |  Brazil | 16–14  | 6–15  | 15–7  | 7–15  | 15–9  | 59–60

### 5th–8th semifinals

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Date  |  | Score  |  | Set 1  | Set 2  | Set 3  | Set 4  | Set 5  | Total

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08 Sep  | Czechoslovakia  | 3–0 |  Brazil | 15–8  | 15–6  | 15–1  |   |   | 45–15

### 7th place match

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Date  |  | Score  |  | Set 1  | Set 2  | Set 3  | Set 4  | Set 5  | Total

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09 Sep  | Brazil  | 0–3 |  South Korea | 16–18  | 7–15  | 5–15  |   |   | 28–48

### Team roster

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* João Lens
* Delano Couto
* Antônio Carlos Moreno
* Luiz Eymard Coelho
* José Marcelino
* Mário Marcos Procópio
* Bebeto de Freitas
* Russo Sevciuc
* Décio Cattaruzzi
* Alexandre Abeid
* Celso Alexandre Kalache
* Aderval Luis Arvani

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Military Press  | Snatch  | Clean & jerk  | Total  | Rank

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Luiz de Almeida | 82.5 kg | 140.0  | 15  | 120.0  | 17  | 165.0  | 15  | 425.0  | 15
Thamer Chaim | +110 kg | 175.0  | 12  | 135.0  | 11  | 180.0  | 10  | 490.0  | 11

## References

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1. ^ "Brazil at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

## External links

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* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database

* v
* t
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National Olympic Committees at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany

Africa|

* Algeria
* Cameroon
* Chad
* Congo
* Dahomey
* Egypt
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Ghana
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Morocco
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Senegal
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Swaziland
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Upper Volta
* Zambia

America|

* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Bermuda
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* British Honduras
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Netherlands Antilles
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Suriname
* Trinidad-Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* Virgin Islands

Asia|

* Afghanistan
* Burma
* Ceylon
* Republic of China
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Israel
* Japan
* Khmer Republic
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Mongolia
* Nepal
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Syria
* Thailand
* Vietnam

Europe|

* Albania
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* East Germany
* West Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Monaco
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* San Marino
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Yugoslavia

Oceania|

* Australia
* Fiji
* New Zealand

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*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Matches drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
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